Andrew Purvis

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Andrew Purvis is an American journalist.[1] He is currently the bureau chief for Time magazine's Berlin bureau. He was working for Time as early as 1991.[2] Purvis has also written for Newsweek magazine and the Smithsonian magazine.[3]

[edit] Implicated Bensayah Belkacem

An article he wrote for Time magazine's November 12, 2001's issue reported claims, from anonymous officials, implicated Guantanamo captive Bensayah Belkacem in a plot to bomb the US Embassy in Sarajevo[4][5]:

  • "'The conversation was in code', but to trained ears it was easily understood. Picked up by U.S. listening devices on Oct. 16 in Sarajevo, it ranged in topics from the bombing in Afghanistan to 'what the response should be here,' a senior Bosnian official told TIME. U.S. and British targets in Bosnia were mentioned. But it was the sign-off that got listeners' attention: 'Tomorrow we will start.'"
  • "Direct links to bin Laden focus on just one man, the apparent leader of the Algerian cell, Bensayah Belkacem."

In 2004 Belkacem's Combatant Status Review Tribunal, and those of the other "Algerian Six", relied heavily on Purvis's article in confirming their "enemy combatant" status, even though later press reports cast doubt on Purvis's reporting.[6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Andrew Purvis. "Marseille's Ethnic Bouillabaisse", Smithsonian magazine, December 2007. Retrieved on 2007-12-24. 
  2. ^ "Time Magazine Masthead", Time magazine, Monday, June 10, 1991. Retrieved on 2007-12-24. 
  3. ^ Andrew Purvis. "Joni, No Longer Blue", Newsweek magazine, April 21, 1997. Retrieved on 2007-12-19. 
  4. ^ Tribunal panel 6. Unclassified summary of basis for Tribunal decision pages 42-45. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2007-12-24.
  5. ^ Andrew Purvis. "The Suspects: A Bosnian Subplot", Time magazine, Monday, November 12, 2001. Retrieved on 2007-12-24. 
  6. ^ Senad Slatina. "Bosnia: Algerian trial jeopardized", Institute for War and Peace Reporting, December 10, 2001. Retrieved on 2005-12-26. 
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